(August 7, 2005) Woohoo! New story everyone! Just so you know, I started writing this on July 9th. I'm almost done with it. I'll probably finish it tomorrow. August 8th. So, about a month. YIPPEE FOR SHORT STORIES! What a relief. My goal in reviews for this story is considerably less than the last story. Maybe 200? I think two hundred is a lot to ask on a five- of six-chapter story...
Anyways, you're probably all gonna want to murder me after this story... XD YAY DEATH!

CHAPTER ONE
Lesson One: Don't Talk To Strangers

It was early in the morning and the Reikai Tantei had once again been summoned to protect Ningenkai from some demon threat that was most likely weak and unthreatening. They were all bitchy from being dragged out of bed at some "ungodly hour of the morning" to quote Yusuke. And this tired, moody feeling was amplified by the fact that they were terribly lost--in a corn field of all places.

"I think we're going in circles," Kuwabara announced.

"Hn..." Hiei muttered from the back of the group. "Why a damn corn field?"

"If we keep going straight, we'll get out of here sooner or later," Kurama told them. "I'm sure we're almost out."

"Shut up, Kurama. We've been walking for half an hour in here. You said that twenty minutes ago," Yusuke snapped.

"Well I'm so sorry for trying to be optimistic. I could complain, like the rest of you, and we could all sulk around in the mud and corn and be miserable and pathetic! Would you like that?"

"You need to get laid," Yusuke said randomly. Kurama frowned at him.

"What makes you say that?"

"I told you to shut up and you flew off the handle at me."

"Maybe I'm just tired of your complaining. You've been complaining since you showed up at Reikai."

"Can't you like, ask the plants how to get out of here?"

"It's that way, Yusuke," Kurama snapped, pointing straight ahead. "Keep going straight." He fell back to walk with Hiei, way behind the others. His shoulders slumped as he stuffed his hands in his pockets. "This sucks."

"No kidding."

"I bet Eclipse and Shadow went back to sleep."

"I want to go back to sleep."

"Me too. With Eclipse."

Hiei sighed. "I think I should quit being Koenma's lackey. Why the hell does he need all four of us for a few low class demons!"

"I bet he just wants to get us away from our girlfriends."

"I bet he's jealous."

"I bet he is. Unless..." Kurama snickered. Hiei looked at him.

"What?"

"Botan."

Hiei chuckled. Yusuke and Kuwabara gave them quizzical looks.

"What the heck are you guys talking about back there!"

"Nothing," they replied simultaneously.

They walked in silence for another five minutes.

"Hiei, can't you just burn down all this damn corn!" Yusuke whined.

"You want to pay the farmer for all of it when we're the only things left standing in several acres of ashes?" Kurama asked.

"Hiei, can't you just find the way out of here with your Jagan!" Yusuke whined, glaring at Kurama.

"No," he replied.

"Why NOT?"

"One, because you want me to. Two, because I'm using it for something else."

"You are not! Can't you multitask?"

Hiei rolled his eyes.

"What are you using it for! Spying on your girlfriend?"

"No. Checking in on my girlfriend," he replied.

"Well what's she doing, then?"

"None of your business."

"Well if you'd rather use your Jagan to watch Shadow, you could at least fill us in on her activities, y'know? That way you're being useful."

"Why, by telling you all what my girlfriend does when nobody else is home?"

Yusuke crossed his arms. "She doesn't know you're watching her, does she?"

"Nope."

"You lecher! Is she in the shower!"

"No."

"Yes she is."

"No she's not. She's asleep."

"You have no way to prove that."

"No. I don't. Now stop walking backwards. You're about as useful walking backwards while distracted as Kuwabara is while walking forwards and concentrating."

"And God knows that's hardly useful," Yusuke replied, turning around.

"Guys! Why do you always make fun of me like that!" Kuwabara whined.

"Because you're easy to make fun of," Hiei retorted.

"Take it as a compliment, Kuwabara!" Yusuke said. "Everyone has their place in the group. I'm the strong, independent, jackass of a leader. Hiei's the pissy little fire demon with a bad attitude and a girlfriend who's even more annoying than he is. Kurama's the smart one, with the quick mind and the flowers. And you... You're the dumb one, with the honor code, the ugly face, and the overload of emotions who is easy to make fun of."

Hiei snickered.

"That is awful mean," Kurama chided.

"Thank you, Kurama!" Kuwabara said happily.

Hiei silenced suddenly. "I think we found our low-class demons."

"What?"

He pointed. Everyone looked and sure enough, there stood about five demons. They were ugly, and taller than the corn, and they hadn't bothered to be gentle about getting through the field. Nope. They'd plowed over all the corn.

"The real source of crop circles," Yusuke joked.

"They're quite ugly, aren't they?" Hiei added, his right hand twitching.

"Koenma dragged us out of bed for these guys?" Kuwabara complained. "They couldn't hurt a kitten!"

"Oh well. It's something to do," Hiei said, shrugging.

The group of low-class demons were looking rather pissed, and, tired of being ignored and laughed at, lunged at the tantei.

Shadow, meanwhile, was sleeping, just like Hiei had said. Eclipse, who'd been dropped off at the fire demon's house by Kurama, was also asleep.

They were awoken rather rudely by the doorbell.

"HEY! Remember me!" it asked loudly. Shadow sat bolt upright on the couch, eyes wide. She looked around. "Me! The doorbell! I've just been sitting here gathering dust. Nobody ever uses me anymore... They all use the new one... I can't imagine why you would have installed that one anyways, when I work perfectly fine..."

"Because you're an annoying jackass. You woke me up, you know," Shadow said tiredly, yawning and wiping her eyes.

"Well I'm so sorry," the doorbell said sarcastically. Eclipse was awake now, and looking confused and horrified.

"Shadow, are you hearing a bodiless voice from the heavens too!"

"... No."

"Look! Even now I'm being ignored!" the doorbell cried. "Anyways, I figured I'd tell you, even though you hate me an' all, there's a guy outside on the porch who wants your attention."

"Who is he?" Shadow asked.

"I'm just a DOORBELL! I'm not your slave. Ask him yourself!"

And with that, the doorbell silenced. Shadow was wearing very little, and knew answering the door in socks, short shorts, and a bra would be very stupid.

So she did it anyways.

The door opened to a complete stranger. He was fairly young, attractive, and toned. His eyes widened considerably when they fell on Shadow's severe lack of clothes.

"Can I help you?" she asked.

"I-I was just wondering if I could bother you for a cup of tea."

Shadow looked at him like he was nuts. "You make a habit of going to strangers' doors and asking them to fix you a cup of tea?"

"I thought Japan was a courteous country."

"Oh, the country may be courteous, but I'm not. I don't think I have any tea, but you can come in anyways, cuz you're cute. I'm sure I can find something for you."

"Oh. Thank you!" the guy said happily. Shadow opened the door for him and he came in. She settled him at the dining room table, went into the kitchen, and dug up some tea. While the water was boiling, she went up to her room and changed her clothes. She came back down to the dining room and found Eclipse sitting across the table from the guy, staring at him blankly.

"Ignore her, she's a blockhead."

Eclipse grabbed the nearest inanimate object and flung it at Shadow's head. The potted plant shattered against the wall, spilling dirt and the sickly little dead shriveled plant onto the floor.

The tea was ready shortly, and Shadow poured the stranger, herself, and Eclipse cups full. They sat down at the dining room table and slowly sipped at it.

"So what's your name?" Shadow asked.

"Me? Ryosei. What about yourselves?"

"Shadow."

"Eclipse."

He smiled. "The tea is wonderful, Shadow-san."

"Why thank you."

When he'd finished his cup, he stood. "I'm afraid I must ask you both to come with me."

"Wha-?"

Ryosei pulled out a gun. Shadow's face fell. "Oh shit."

"Come on. Both of you. And don't think you can overpower me because you're half demons. So am I."

"Damn. Wait, how'd you know that!"

"I have my sources."

"You don't want to kidnap me, though! I, uh... I'm obsessed with pink bunnies!"

"I doubt it," the guy said, jabbing her in the back with the gun. "Go."

"I have bad breath!"

"Mouthwash." He grabbed Eclipse's arm and pulled her along too.

"I have an ingrown toenail!"

"So?"

"I'm a hideous toad!"

"Yeah, right."

"My sister's prettier!"

"I don't care about your looks."

"Well, um, my great aunt kissed a frog and turned into a rich old Queen of France!"

"We're in Japan. And France doesn't have a Queen."

"Yes it does!"

"No it doesn't."

"Screw you! You still don't want to kidnap me!"

"Shadow, where the hell is your damn dog!" Eclipse snapped.

"She was with Karasu! Hey! I have gangrene! Can I go now?"

"Is that contageous?"

"I have red eyes!"

"So what? Mine are silver."

"Yours are pretty."

"Shadow!"

"Sorry. WAIT!"

The guy stopped halfway through the yard. Shadow turned around victoriously.

"You can't kidnap me, because my cousin is a winged llama from HELL!" She put her hands on her hips and smirked. The gun pressed against her chest.

"Go."

"Um, um, yeah, well, last Tuesday, I got bit by a poisonous snake! And, and--Yeah! And now it's just now starting to take effect on me! Gag! Hack! Choke!" She gripped her throat like she was suffocating. The gun pressed against her forehead.

"Shut up. Turn around. And walk to the van."

Shadow's eyes widened and got watery. She turned and trudged towards the van parked on the street. Once there, the guy pushed her and Eclipse both up against it and frisked them.

"Oh, I bet you're likin' that!"

He pressed against her back and hissed in her ear, "Shut up. I have permission to do whatever I need to get you to our destination. And if that means I'm gonna have to knock you unconscious so you'll shut up, I will."

Shadow swallowed nervously. The guy's hands trailed up her arms gently, then suddenly gripped her wrists and pulled them down behind her back harshly, pushing her forward at the same time so the side of her face smacked into the back of the van. "Ow!"

Something strong and sticky was wrapped around her wrists several times, then Eclipse got the same treatment, minus the threats, since she'd been an innocent little child the entire time and didn't complain. She, unlike Shadow, seemed to have a small hint of common sense.

"Get in the van," the guy said, opening the doors.

"I have arthritis!" Shadow snapped angrily. Duct tape was smacked over her mouth, and the man picked her up and tossed her into the back of the van. Eclipse got duct tape on her mouth and tossed into the van as well. The doors shut, pitching them into pure darkness.

The Reikai Tantei were having some different problems.

The five low-class demons had been defeated easily, and now about fifty more had bubbled up out of nowhere and were totally wreaking havoc.

"They're not even targetting us!" Kuwabara cried. "They're destroying the field!"

"Who cares? Take 'em out!" Yusuke snapped, punching yet another one.

"They're like pixies," Kurama muttered. Hiei landed next to him after having slashed another one in half.

"Where the hell are they all coming from!"

"THAT'S IT! I'M USING MY SHOTGUN!" Yusuke shouted, sounding very pissed. Everyone lunged out of the way as he let loose the dozens of small ki blasts. Kurama and Hiei cut down the few pixies that remained after his wide-range blast, then looked around.

"...Well this is certainly not going to look inconspicuous," Yusuke stated.

The field was burning, and a lot of corn stalks had been trampled or torn up from the ground entirely.

"Good thing the farmhouse is nowhere near here," he added. "Now... to get out of the corn field."

There was a collective groan of misery.

Shadow and Eclipse spent at least an hour in the van. Shadow had already tried to burn off their bindings, but they were apparently warded.

Warded duct tape. The ultimate weapon.

Finally, the vehicle came to a stop. Shadow's eyes opened, and she looked towards the doors. The lovely darkness disintigrated painfully into daylight.

It took their eyes a moment to adjust, and by then, they were dragged out of the van by Ryosei and blindfolded before they could get any sort of bearings other than 'Hey look! Trees!'

They each felt a hand on their arm and were steered along on either side of the guy as they walked. And walked. For like, twenty minutes. It was annoying Shadow very, very much that she couldn't see, move her arms, or worst of all, talk.

Both girls noticed when the scenery changed. There were no longer sticks breaking under their feet or tall grass swishing by their ankles, but instead an echo every time their boots struck the ground. Neither had heard a door open, and they hadn't paused to open one, which was confusing to them as to how they'd gotten inside this place... But it didn't matter.

"Stairs," Ryosei said, pulling them both to a stop. "Down. Spiralling. Wide. Ready?"

Shadow let out a low growl, glaring at him through the blindfold. She took one step... and fell.

By the muffled screams and accompanying thuds, she assumed Eclipse had met the same misfortune. She slammed into solid ground some time later, wincing as sure enough, Eclipse landed on top of her. They both groaned. Hurried footsteps warned them of their captor's approach.

"Are you both alright?" he asked. Eclipse's blindfold had been conveniently nudged out of place as she fell, and with one eye, she glanced around, taking in their surroundings quickly before the hanyou boy readjusted it to blind her again. She sighed.

Both of them were pulled to their feet and led down a few more hallways--stone, Eclipse thought. Of course it was stone. She'd seen it.--before they stopped and there was the noise of a heavy door opening. Their blindfolds were removed, as was the tape on their mouths and wrists (which hurt, a lot, incidentally). Then they were shoved forward. Shadow nearly fell on her face, and Eclipse just went ahead and did fall on her face.

"Stay quiet."

"Quiet!" Shadow scoffed. "Quiet? You just kidnapped us and put us in a... a..." She looked around. "A dungeon cell! And you expect us to be quiet about it! What are you going to do with us? Rape us? Sell us into slavery? Demand a ransom?"

"Shadow, if you don't stay quiet, I'll tape your mouth shut." His eyes widened. "Oh, hell! I almost forgot!" He grabbed Shadow and wrapped a leather choker necklace around her neck with a red jewel in the middle that sat directly on her throat. Eclipse got one as well, with a blue jewel instead of red.

"What the hell are these?" Shadow asked, poking hers. "OW!"

"Don't touch it."

"Thanks for the warning," the girl muttered bitterly, sucking on her finger and rubbing her head.

"It's a ward necklace," the guy continued, as if Shadow hadn't spoken. "The only person who can touch it without extreme pain to both themselves and you, is me."

"Well then how is it that it can be wrapped around my neck, thus be in contact with me, without me suffering extreme pain?"

"Because it's designed that way. Now shut up."

"Hey Shadow...?" Eclipse said.

"The door is also heavily warded," the kidnapper said, shutting said door. "I wouldn't suggest touching it, either."

"Shadow," Eclipse persisted. The red-eyed girl spun.

"WHAT?"

Eclipse pointed into the corner. "Isn't that your dog?"

Shadow screamed at the top of her voice. "KOKUEI!"

"WHAT DID I JUST SAY ABOUT BEING QUIET!" the guy outside the door screamed. Shadow ignored him and rushed to the dog laying in the corner.

"Oh my God, what has he done to you! I thought you were with Karasu? Are you even alive? Kokuei? Kokuei! Hey!"

Eclipse sighed. "This sucks."

Shadow rounded on her friend. "Why weren't you complaining when he was pointing a gun at me? Why weren't you protesting my treatment? Why weren't you trying to save our asses!"

"This is a new experience for me," the girl said. "Why complain?"

Shadow stared at her friend incredulously.

"Hiei and Kurama will find us, don't worry," Eclipse said. Shadow screamed.

"HIEI! OH, GOD, I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT HIEI! MY BABY! MY HIEI! HE'S PROBABLY GOING TO COME HOME HORRIBLY INJURED AND I WON'T BE THERE TO TAKE CARE OF HIM! MY HIEI! MY BABY!"

"Kurama can take care of him."

"Kurama doesn't have the same loving tender touch as I do!"

"Yes he does."

"He'd damn well better not have a loving tender touch on HIEI! Hiei is MINE, and YOUR BOYFRIEND is not going to steal him away from me!" Shadow gasped. "Oh my God! Youko! What if Youko starts hitting on Hiei while we're here and they're there! What if Youko seduces my baby and they make mad, passionate love in MY bed! What if Hiei wants to leave me for Youko!" She grabbed Eclipse's shoulders and shook her back and forth. "IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD!"

"If you keep shaking me like that, my brain'll fall out!" Eclipse snapped, clubbing Shadow in the side of the head with the heel of her hand. Shadow fell over, then jumped back up.

"But what if he does! What if Hiei... what if he... he... What if he gets so totally depressed because he can't find me that he, like, turns to the arms of his best friend for comfort? And the arms of his best friend encompass him, and hold him tightly, and his best friend whispers comforts, and Hiei starts CRYING, and... and... And in order to make him feel better, his best friend kisses him, first gently on the cheek, y'know, just a friend to friend comfort kiss, then Hiei, starved for love and contact, kisses Kurama passionately, and clothes start flying, and soon, Hiei's screaming the fox's name in MY bed, and OH MY GOD THIS IS HORRIBLE!"

Shadow curled up on her feet with her knees to her chest and started rocking back and forth. Eclipse looked at her like she was insane, then went and sat in the corner.

"If Hiei is that weak and pathetic, I'd ditch him."

"YOU WHAT? YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND! Hiei loves me more than he loves himself! He loves me so much it's like I'm his second half! Which makes no sense, because he had both his halves before he met me... I guess he ditched one when he met me and I have to fill in that space... But... I'm only a half? If I'm his other half, he must be my other half, either that or he's so immense in whatever aspect we're talking about that half of his whatever is ALL of my whatever, so that way it makes it equal, right?"

"If you're his other half and he's your other half, then you're both missing half of you and you have to seek comfort in each other to fill in that space," Eclipse said. Shadow flew to her and grabbed her shoulders again, shaking her so her head smacked against the wall every time.

"Don't you feel that way about Kurama! Kurama loves you! You love Kurama! You belong together! Even though all Youko gives a shit about is screwing you... All Youko gives a shit about is screwing anybody. That's why I'm afraid he'll go after Hiei! He would, wouldn't he! Youko would have sex with Hiei, wouldn't he? Hiei's hot, and Youko's a demon, and Youko is a very sexual demon, so he's got to have had sex with another male demon sometime in his life, and he probably liked it, and with us gone, Hiei is the next best thing, and Hiei is vulnerable with us gone, and oh my God, my Hiei is vulnerable to Youko's charm!" Shadow curled up on the ground and started rolling around. "Hiei, Hiei, Hiei, Hiei, Hiei..."

"You're whacked," Eclipse said plainly. "Hiei is fine without you. Kurama is fine without me. And we're both fine without them." She cast another glance at Shadow. "Well, I'm fine without them..."

"Think of the SITUATION! We've been kidnapped by some weirdo, and God knows what he wants, or when he'll let us go, or if he'll contact anyone for a ransom or whatever, and, and, and... Omigod, omigod, omigod!"

Eclipse stood up and kicked Shadow in the side of the head. She slumped over and didn't move for about five minutes. Then she sat up and looked around, rubbing the side of her absently.

"Where are we?"

"We were kidnapped, remember?"

"We were? By who?"

"Some dude with silver eyes and nice muscles and a golden tan. Said his name was Ryosei."

"Ohh, a sexy dude, huh? How come I don't remember it?"

"Because I kicked you in the head."

"Ohhhh..." she said, nodding. Then her brows knitted in confusion. "Why?"

"Because you were panicking. It was unnaturally freaky. So I kicked you. Now you're normal."

"Sweetness."

"Your dog is unconscious in the corner."

"What! But Kokuei was with Karasu!" She rushed over to Kokuei and pulled the dog's large head into her lap. "Maybe whoever kidnapped us killed Karasu."

"That's awful mean of you to say," Eclipse said. "I thought you liked him."

"I do. He's my bitch. I like him well enough. He needs to get a little sun, maybe, but he's pretty hot."

"Well I hate him. I hope he died."

"You skank! You only hate him because he's in love with Kurama!"

"Yeah. So? Kurama's my boyfriend. All competition is my enemy."

"So you hate me? I'm competition. I'm sexy and I can give Kurama a hard-on any day of the year."

"You have a boyfriend, though. And if you're gonna cheat on him with his best friend, he should ditch you."

"Hiei would never ditch me. He loves me too much."

"I bet he'd be pretty pissed if you gave Kurama a blowjob. So would I."

"Who ever said anything about blowjobs? I just said I could give him a hard on. I didn't even say I was going to. What the hell's with you jumping to all these damn conclusions?" She gasped slightly, grinning as her eyes took on an evil glint. She zoomed over and sat next to Eclipse, arm around her shoulders. "So, Eclipse... Have you given Kurama a blowjob yet?"

"No."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Positive?"

"Yes."

There was a short pause. "I gave Hiei one."

"So I know."

"You do?"

"Yes. You announced it to the world at my end of the school year party thing."

"Oh yeah."

"Did he like it?"

Shadow looked at Eclipse like she was retarded and insane (which of course, she is, but we'll keep that to ourselves). "Did he like it! Of course he liked it! I'm ME! I could give a really shitty blowjob but the guy would still like it because it's me, and I'm sexy, and I'm the future ruler of the world. It's an HONOR to get a blowjob from me!"

"You are so full of yourself it's hilarious." And with that, Eclipse exploded into laughter.

"LAUGH WHILE YOU CAN, PUNY MORTAL!" she said, lunging to her feet and pointing at Eclipse. "SOON, I WILL OWN YOUR SOUL!" And with that, Shadow exploded into laughter. Slightly more evil, maniacal laughter, but laughter all the same.

They both stopped abruptly at the exact same instant.

"I miss Hiei."

"I miss Kurama."

"Where's that cute tanned guy? I want to beat the shit out of him."

"Me too. Let's make a lot of noise so he comes and yells at us."

"Excellent plan. What shall we do?"

"Sing."

"Headbangers?"

"Awesome. Slipknot?"

"Bodom."

"Bodom... Sweet."

And they began singing Children of Bodom. Which, believe me, sung by two girls, it didn't really sound quite the same... But it got somebody's attention. And that was the point.

"BE QUIET!"

They silenced instantly.

"... That sounded familiar," Shadow noted.

"It sounded like the voice belonging to somebody we know," Eclipse added.

"That's what I meant by familiar, jackass. 'Familiar' doesn't mean, 'Wow that sounds like I've never heard it before in my life.' 'Familiar' means 'Wow that sounds like something I've heard before.' Jerk."

"Tosser."

"I do not!"

Eclipse snarled. Shadow snarled. Kokuei stirred in the corner. Shadow and Eclipse continued to snarl.

The heavy metal door opened and Ryosei appeared. "I warned you." The boy stepped forward, holding his roll of duct tape threateningly. Shadow and Eclipse zapped over to the wall and were on their knees, bowing repeatedly.

"We're silent."

"Silent as the ninjas."

"You won't know we're here."

There was a pause.

"Weren't we going to beat him up?"

"Oh yeah. Forgot about that."

Ryosei chuckled. "You're just as stupid as he said."

"Stupid!"

"He? He who?"

"My master. This kidnapping wasn't my idea. I'm just a pawn," he confessed.

"Pawn? Like the pieces in chess? The little pansy ones? You're a pansy? Pansy!"

"Since when do pawns realize they're pawns!"

"Since they are told they are pawns," Ryosei explained. "But I'm getting paid for it."

"So you're not really a pawn, because you know you are, and you're getting paid to be one."

"So you're more like a slave."

"A paid slave."

"So more like a servant."

"A hot servant."

"You have a boyfriend!"

"So do you!"

"That doesn't matter! I'm not the one saying some kidnapper is hot!"

"MLEEEHHH! My boyfriend's hotter anyways."

"Yeah, you'd better say that, or I'd tell him."

"Assuming we get out of here." Shadow turned to Ryosei. "Are you gonna let us out of here?"

"He's just a pawn, remember? He doesn't have any say! Pawns are pansies!" Eclipse snapped.

"Oh yeah."

"You'll be released," Ryosei said. "Once my master's demands are met."

"Okay, who is your master? And what are his demands? Is he after my sexy body?" Shadow asked, running her hands down her body seductively.

"No."

"Can we meet your master?" Eclipse asked.

"In due time."

"Can we meet him now?"

"I'll ask him. You're quite impatient. You should learn more patience."

"Shut up and ask your boss--"

"Master," Shadow corrected.

"Shut up and ask your master if we can meet him and talk to him and find out why the fuck he needs to use a couple innocent virgin girls to get what he wants," Eclipse demanded.

"I'll be sure to tell him you're both being total and complete bitches, too."

The guy turned and left.

"Good job, Shadow."

"What'd I do?"

"You were born, you insuffrable little wench."

"Well that wasn't my fault! I've told you! My parents had to go and fuck and voila! They brought into the world its future dictator." She sniffled and hugged Eclipse tightly. "My father would be so proud!"

"Choking... I'm... choking..."

The door opened and Shadow glanced at it, still suffocating Eclipse with a hug. Her eyes got wide, and she dropped the dying girl on the floor.

"You? YOU! You insuffrable little rat! You dirty, slimy, stanky little hoe! You kidnapped me!"

Shadow strode right up to him and smacked him in the face, leaving a nice red mark on his pale cheek. Then she went to a corner to sulk and pout while their true captor gently touched the mark on his cheek and winced.

"I'm sorry, Shadow," he said. "I was really only after Eclipse."

"I can't believe my own bitch would dare to hire himself a lackey slut to kidnap me."

Karasu sighed. "Shadow..."

"No! Don't talk to me! I'm mad at you now!" She spun around angrily. "And you drugged my dog! That makes it all worse! And you LIED to me! You skanky dirty liar!" She stalked up to him and glared. "I can't believe you'd play friendly with me, then go and kidnap me and throw me in a skanky dirty dungeon like this! You slut."

She moved to slap his other cheek, but he caught her hand and twined his fingers in hers, a small smile on his face.

"Please don't make this hard on me. I told you, I was really just after Eclipse."

"Didn't I tell you not to interfere in their relationship?"

"No. You made me promise not to hurt Kurama. I'm not hurting him."

"You're being a dick. What do you intend to get out of this? If you plan on killing Eclipse..."

"Neither of you will be harmed."

"That's good. I can't say the same for you, though," Shadow said. Again, she moved to slap him. He caught her other hand and twined his fingers with hers.

"Just cooperate. You won't be harmed."

Eclipse lunged at Karasu and tried to choke him. Shadow screeched. Karasu let go of her and pinned Eclipse against the wall.

"Then again, I could always hurt your boyfriends when they come looking for you."

"You wouldn't hurt Kurama, you love him too much," Eclipse snarled.

"I would hurt him if you hurt me. It's the price you pay."

"Eclipse! Don't hurt Karasu! I hate him with a fiery passion now, but he's still MY bitch."

Karasu eased off Eclipse. Shadow continued, "So if anyone gets to hurt him, it's ME!" She launched at Karasu. He ran out of the room and slammed the door.

Don't you dare like Karasu any less after this story! I love Karasu. I'm aware half my readers hate him, so I'm just saying that me writing this better not make you hate him more. Or else I might have to stop posting it. So if you hate him more after this, don't tell me about it or I'll get mad. See my rage? It's boiling out my ears.

Oh yeah. Children of Bodom sings headbangers music. The type of music with lots of screaming and incomprehensible words and such. I like them. XD